Hair-waving device



Dec. 9, 1930. A- GQQDMAN ET AL 1,784,429

HAIR WAVING- DEVICE Filed April 22, 1929 INVENTOR ATTORNNEY PatentedDec. 9, 1930 PATENT oer-ICE ABRAHAM GOODMAN ANLD J'ACOLB GOODMAN, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK HAIR-wAvme- DEVICE Application filed April 22,

This invention relates to improvements in hair waving devices of theclasp type.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, eflicient and easilyoperated device to produce a wave of the kind commonly known as a fingerwave.

At present the service of a skilled operator is required to produce sucha wave, which is formed by inserting the forefinger of one hand under alock of hair, to raise the hair into a ridge, then pressing theforefinger of the other hand tightly against it to grip the hair firmlybetween the two fingers, and finally manipulating the fingers to producethe desired wave.

Our invention provides means for simulating this operation andmanipulation mechanically, and enables a woman to produce a finger wavein her own hair. The device may be used either on long or short hair.

The invention, broadly considered, comprises a clasp adapted to befastened to and retained in the hair to form a ridge or verticalundulation therein, and a toothed member slidable longitudinally on theclasp to form a lateral undulation on one side of the ridge. Thecombined vertical and lateral undulations give the hair a wavy effectwhich closely simulates that of a finger wave.

Other and further objects of the improvements will appear from thefollowingde- V pivot on the line 5 of Fig. 2; and,

Fig. 6 is a sectional view, similar to that shown in Fig. 4, with a lockof hair engaged in the clasp.

The hair waving device comprises a clasp, indicated generally by thereference character 1, which clasp is curved or arched in the 1929.serial No. 357,021.

direction of length to conform substantially to the curvature of thehead. The claspmay be-ma-de of any suitable material, preferably,because of its lightness andcheapness, of a strip of aluminum, and isprovided with two parallel spaced portions'2and 3.

An arouate comb 4, also preferably made of the same material, isslidably mounted for longitudinal movement on the clasp. The comb isformed with teeth 5 along its lower edge, and in the embodimentillustrated in the drawings has hooks 6 on its back, which hooks may beformed by stamping them from the material of which the comb is made. Thehooks engage and ride. in slots 7 cut in the side portion 2 of theclasp. This provides a simple means of slidably securing the comb to theclasp, but, obviously, any other suitable construction may be used. Ahandle 8 is formed at one end of the comb for convenience in sliding thecomb. The handle may be made by bending up an end portion of the comb asseen in Fig. 3. a Teeth 9 may be stamped-or cut in the lower edge of theportion 3 of the clamp. These teeth, however, do not perform anyessential function in the hairwaving operation, but merely. assist inretaining the device in the hair, and maytherefore be omitted ifdesired.. a

A. curved bar or tongue 10 is pivoted at l'lfto one end of the clasp andextends the full length thereof, between the side portions 2 and 3, withits free end 12 projecting beyond the clasp to provide a handle. The barin closed position extends or lies in a plane above the base or rootofthe teeth 5 of-the comb, and close to the side portion 3 of the clasp,as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings.- A suitable catch 13 isprovided to engage and hold the free end of the barinits closedposition; The catch may be formed integral with the clas'pby stamping itout of the portion' at the 'end' opp'o site'to' that to which the bar ispivoted.

In operation, the bar l0v is inserted under hair at the place where thewave is to be formed, the hair being preferably wet or damp, and thenthe clasp is closed down over thebar, and thefree end of the latter 1sengage'cl in the catch to hold the device in the hair. This raises thehair from the scalp and forms aridge or vertical undulation therein asindicated in Fig. 6. The hairs atone side of the ridge are firmlygripped and held immovable between the bar and the side portion 3 oftheclasp, while the hairs at the op- A positeside of the ridge are engagedbetween A the teeth 5 ofthe comb and are free tomove on movement of thecomb 4, The comb is then slid longitudinally from'its initial positionshown in Fig. 1' to an adjusted position as shown in Fig. 2. Thisshifts'the hairs v laterally on the free side of the ridge and forms aWave therein, whichlateral'wave,

combined withthe vertical wave formed by c'lasping the hairs overthebar10, produces a Wave of double curvature simulating the rated to form acomb, and a second comb slidably mounted on said clasp in juxtapositionto the other of said parallel side portions;

5. A hair waving device comprising a clasp having a. side portionserrated to form an integral comb, a bar pivoted at one end of saidcombportion for securing said bar in position, and a second comb mounted onsaid clasp and adapted for longitudinal movement relatively to saidfirs'toomb.

- ABRAHAM GOODMAN. JACOB GOODMAN.

- efiect of a finger wave. ,It will be seen, upon I the referring againto Fig. 6,that the crest of the vertical wave, that is the portion ofhair A lyin' on top of the bar 10, isheld relatively hxe at a pointhigher than the base of the teeth 5 ofathe comb, and consequently thesliding moi'ementof the comb will not appreciabl flatten'or drawoutsaidwave. After evice has been thusfastened and ad I justed in'thehair'it is permitted to remain until thewave ,has set, when it may beremoved by unfasteningthe bar from its catch,

1. A hair waving device comprising a clasp A having two spaced parallelside portions, a comb slidabl-ysup orted on one of said por-A tions forlongitudinal movement, a bar pivoted atone end to the clasp intermediateits 7 side portions and extending lengthwise there- A of, and a catch onthe clasp to hold the free I end of the bar in closed position. A 2. Ahair waving ,device comprising clasp havi two spacedparallel sideportions,"one 0 said portions having a toothed loweredge,"aroombfslidably supported on the'other of said portions for longitudinalmovement, abar pivoted atone end to the clasp intermediatesaid ortionsand-extend 'ing lengthwisethereof a ove the plane of the base of thecomb-teeth, and a catch von the clasp to hold the free end of the bar inclosed position. 3 A. clasp having twospaced parallel side portions, acomb integral with one of said side portions, and a second comb slidablymounted on'said clasp injuxtaposition to the other A of said parallelside portions.

hair -Waving device comprising a:

tively greaterheight than the other and ser- I 4."Ahair waving devicecomprisingzaU I l shapedclasp'havingtwo parallel side por- 1 A tions,oneof said side portions being ofrela- I

